Undergraduate Certificates in Accounting

Among those who recently graduated from the schools offering this degree, the majority were women, and 43% were students from underrepresented racial-ethnic groups. Also, 1.4% of accounting graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Accounting Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 4,152 people earned their undergraduate certificate in accounting. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in accounting at each degree level.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree	42,191
Master’s Degree	15,888
Basic Certificate	11,150
Associate Degree	10,555
Undergraduate Certificate	4,152
Graduate Certificate	771
Doctor’s Degree	53

Earnings of Accounting Majors With Undergraduate Certificates

The median salary for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in accounting is $31,747. This number may vary for a lot of reasons. For instance, you may decide to move to a location where people with your degree are rare and make more money. To get a better picture, earnings for this category of people can range from a low of $22,676 to a high of $38,070.

Student Debt

The median student debt for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in accounting is $5,022. The school you go to and how long it takes you to graduate, among other things, can cause this number to vary. The chart below shows the range of accumulated debt loads. On the high side of the range, $5,022 is the debt load, and the debt load on the low side is $5,022.

Those students who are paying back their debt on a 10-year repayment plan have a median monthly payment of $60.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their undergraduate certificate in accounting. About 74.5% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender	Number of Grads
Men	1,057
Women	3,095

The racial-ethnic distribution of accounting undergraduate certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	299
Black or African American	423
Hispanic or Latino	844
White	2,194
International Students	57
Other Races/Ethnicities	335

Related Majors

Below are some popular majors that are similar to accounting that offer undergraduate certificates.

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
Business Administration & Management	5,953
Business Support & Assistance	3,192
Business & Commerce	1,474
Hospitality Management	686
Entrepreneurial Studies	593

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Image Credit: By Pixabay under License

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